About Ecostrat · Est. 1997

Building the infrastructure of the global bioeconomy, for 25+ years.

Founded in 1997, Ecostrat is North America’s leader in assessing, developing, optimizing, and managing biomass supply chains. We provide the intelligence, standards, risk-reduction tools, and supply systems that make biomass projects investable and scalable, for developers, lenders, investors, governments, and communities worldwide.

Our purpose

To turn the world’s net-zero ambition into bankable reality.

500+
Biomass supply assessments delivered worldwide
72
BDO Zone Ratings published across North America
5M+
Tons of biomass sourced and supplied
75M
Tons monitored in the Biomass Supply Network
Our two groups
Reliable feedstock supply. Better source data. Superior analytics.
Advisory
Biomass Advisory Group

Supports bio-project developers and lenders worldwide with feedstock sourcing, supply chain risk assessment, BDO Zone ratings, and Feedstock Supply Insurance.

Supply
Biomass Supply Group

Founded in 1997, North America’s leader in sourcing, aggregating, and supplying wood fiber, organics, and all types of biomass under secure, long-term contracts. Over 5 million tons delivered.

Senior management team

The people behind the platform.

Plymouth, MI · Toronto, ON

Jordan Solomon
Jordan Solomon
President & CEO

Jordan Solomon has led Ecostrat for nearly three decades, overseeing the firm's Biomass Advisory Group and Biomass Supply Group. His work spans project development, supply chain risk assessment, bio-resource trading, contracting and financing, and risk mitigation for bio-feedstock supply and export.

He led development of the U.S. National Standards for Biomass Supply Chain Risk with Idaho National Laboratory, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Bioenergy Technologies Office, then led their adoption in Canada as CSA national standards and their extension into the BDO Zone Standard. Both are now advancing to U.S.–Canada binational status through ASTM and CSA.

Building on that framework, Jordan launched the BDO Zone Initiative, which in three years has issued more than 60 BDO Zone Ratings across North America, linked to over $10 billion in announced plant investment. In 2025, he co-developed Feedstock Supply Insurance (FSI) with New Energy Risk — an instrument that caps delivered feedstock costs for up to 10 years, converting non-investment-grade biomass supply chains into structures lenders can underwrite and financing they can close.

As head of Ecostrat's Advisory Group, he directed development of the Biomass Supply Network©, the largest proprietary wood fiber supply database in North America, and has led bioenergy consulting teams for JP Morgan, Shell, Coca-Cola, Siemens, Enviva, NREL, DTE Energy, Macquarie Bank, TVA, Southern Company, Lafarge, Eastman, and Johnson Controls.

He has overseen supply chains for more than 5 million tons of feedstock, including the first bulk vessel shipments of wood pellets from North America's east coast to Europe (2003), establishment of the U.S.–Turkey export chip market (2004), and shipment by bulk vessel of wood fiber from the U.S. South to Daewoo in South Korea (2014).

Canadian Biomass Magazine named Jordan Champion of the Year in 2026 and Ecostrat Company of the Year in 2024. He also received the 2023 Scaling Up Award for outstanding contribution to the commercialization of industrial biotechnology in Canada.

Joe Macri
Joe Macri
SVP Biomass Supply Operations & CFO
Joe has been with Ecostrat since 1998. His areas of expertise include project financing, biomass feedstock origination, contract negotiation, supply chain management, and logistics. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from DeVry.
joe.macri@ecostrat.com
Cayla Stryncl
Cayla Stryncl
Controller
Cayla is Ecostrat's Controller, managing financial reporting, accounting operations, and compliance across the company. A Chartered Accountant, she brings deep expertise in financial management, auditing, income tax, and reporting from prior roles spanning real estate, food distribution, and lodging. She supports the CFO in maintaining the financial rigour expected by Ecostrat's lender, insurer, and institutional partners. Based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
cayla@ecostrat.com
Pat Liew
Pat Liew
VP, Biomass Supply Group
Pat oversees all Biomass Supply Group functions and drives the development of new business units. He joined Ecostrat as an intern in 2008 and has since built extensive experience across advisory and supply, from building new supply chains to leading market development initiatives for industrial and retail clients. B.A. Hons, University of Toronto.
pat@ecostrat.com
Marcin Lewandowski
Marcin Lewandowski
VP Operations & Risk, Biomass Advisory Group
Marcin leads a team of supply chain data analysts and scenario modelers conducting primary research and high-level analysis for biomass supply risk and investment due diligence. His methods span forest yield modeling, growth-to-drain analysis, biomass price forecasting, and Monte Carlo simulation. He also oversees GIS-based analyses including competition impact assessments, transportation cost modeling, and location optimization. Masters in Forest Conservation and Disaster & Emergency Management.
marcin@ecostrat.com
Wilson Hennemann
Wilson Hennemann
Director of Sales & Project Development, Biomass Supply Group
Wilson leads the sales team for Ecostrat's Supply Group and oversees cost analyses for major capital projects. He brings 15+ years in the Brazilian biomass industry, specializing in wood-handling systems and technical and commercial proposals for wood fiber and biomass equipment worldwide. Over a decade at Ecostrat, he has built the company's packaging and wood-processing lines and driven revenue growth across the Supply Group. B.A. Business Administration, Feevale University.
wilson@ecostrat.com
Sherida German
Sherida German
Director of Business Development
Leads growth strategy, client engagement, and market positioning across Ecostrat's advisory and intelligence services. 20+ years of senior leadership in marketing, corporate communications, and brand strategy. Previously SVP Corporate Communications and National Energy Sector Lead at Edelman; senior director roles at CanWest Global, Global News, and Shaw Communications. B.A., M.A. UBC; M.A. University of Toronto.
sherida@ecostrat.com
We’re hiring.
We keep senior roles open on an ongoing basis. We’re currently seeking a Project Director and an Analyst to join our advisory, ratings, and supply teams across North America. Equal opportunity employer.
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Our values

Six principles that guide everything we do.

These values aren’t aspirational, they’re operational. They guide how we engage with clients, build our products, and treat each other every day.

Integrity

Integrity of action, clarity of thought, fair dealing, respect in all interactions. These values are of the utmost importance to everything we do at Ecostrat.

Authenticity

Our values guide our actions. We recognize the transformational value of authenticity in all our relationships. We strive to be authentic always.

Customer satisfaction

Our future depends on us helping to make our customers successful. We are proactive and easy to do business with. We offer expert knowledge and practical solutions, and we deliver on our promises.

Employee engagement

We foster a culture that promotes excellent performance, teamwork, inclusion, leadership and growth. We work hard to ensure everyone can reach their full potential.

Innovation

We are a company of firsts. We encourage innovation and support new ways of thinking. We invest time, intelligence, and capital in innovative approaches to bioenergy.

Sustainability

We strive to achieve sustainable economic growth in the biomass sector by promoting and developing the most efficient use of renewable resources.

Our history

From a biomass supply route in Ontario to a global bioeconomy platform.

Ecostrat’s story begins not with a PowerPoint or a venture round, but with deep operational experience in biomass supply, and a conviction that the market needed better intelligence, better standards, and better tools. Every solution we’ve built has come from real problems we encountered by working directly with biomass suppliers, developers, investors, and lenders.

That ground-level experience is what makes our intelligence credible, our ratings trusted, and our supply chains bankable.

1997
Ecostrat Inc. founded. Biomass Supply Group established. Sourcing and supplying wood fiber and organics across Ontario. The Biomass Supply Network begins to take form.
1998
Advisory Group established. Growing demand from developers and lenders for independent, rigorous feedstock supply assessments. Methodology development begins, what would become the BSCR Standards.
1999
Biomass Supply Network created. The largest proprietary database of biomass supply in the world.
2003
First bulk vessel shipments of wood pellets from the east coast of North America to the nascent European biopower industry.
2004
US–Turkey wood chip export market established. First full vessel shipment of woodchips from the US to Turkey. A market that now intakes over 2 million tons per year.
2013
Log export business launched. Containerized log exports from Savannah, Georgia to China.
2014
225,000 tons of wood fiber shipped from the US South to Daewoo in South Korea, one of the largest single biomass export operations in North American history.
2016
USDOE BETO funds Standards for Biomass Supply Chain Risk. Idaho National Laboratories and Ecostrat develop a systematic method for assessing biomass supply chain risk, eliminating inflated capital costs on projects.
2018
NRCan/CFS support Canadian BSCR Standards. Natural Resources Canada and the Canadian Forest Service back a Canadian version, with FPInnovations and CanmetENERGY contributing risk data.
2019
Standards Council of Canada funds transformation of Ecostrat's Industry BSCR Standard into a National Standard of Canada.
2020
BDO Zone Initiative launched. World's first standardized system for assessing regional readiness for biomanufacturing.
2021
Biomass Supply Chain Risk Standards published by the CSA Group as a National Standard of Canada.
2022
First ‘AA’ BDO Zone in North America. Bon Wier, TX rated for woody biomass, supporting USA BioEnergy's $2.8B+ capital raise for a SAF plant.
2023
Scaling Up Award. Jordan Solomon recognized for outstanding contribution to commercialization of industrial biotechnology in Canada. Standards Council of Canada publishes National Workshop Agreement of BDO Zone Ratings. Feedback from industry workshops shapes improved quantification of regional biomass supply chain risk.
2024
Named Company of the Year by Canadian Biomass Magazine. Ranked #28 of 50 Hottest Companies in the Bioeconomy by the Biofuels Digest. Recognized as Top 10 Biomass Services Companies of 2023 by Energy Business Review Magazine. BDO Zone Ratings gain recognition in USDA's new Bioeconomy Plan for America. Cited as a pivotal tool to expedite development of biobased industry nationwide.
2025
Feedstock Supply Insurance (FSI) launched in partnership with New Energy Risk (Paragon). World's first insurance solution to cap long-term biomass feedstock cost and supply risk. InnSure Insurance Innovation Prize awarded for FSI. $10B of announced biomanufacturing investment associated with BDO Zones. 58 BDO Zones rated across the U.S. and Canada.
2026
Ecostrat ranked #8 of the “50 Hottest Companies in the Bioeconomy” by The Digest.
Independent study finds BDO Zones drive billions in economic impact. University-led REEAL model analysis finds $423M average annual economic impact per project, $4.23B over 10 years, and $21–64B in projected national-scale impact from 100 additional zones.
CSA TS-005:25 BDO Zone Assessment standard published. First standardized protocol for regional biomanufacturing readiness; applied in the ‘A’ rating for Vegreville, AB, and supporting Provectus Biofuels' $845M SAF project.
ASTM-CSA collaboration on binational bioeconomy standards announced. CSA Group and ASTM International will jointly develop binational versions of the BSCR and BDO Zone Assessment standards, scheduled for publication in early 2027.
Federal task force names BDO Zone scale-up a priority for Canada's forest sector. Canadian Forest Sector Transformation Task Force report calls for national BDO Zone scale-up within its $10B, 10-year Investment Fund recommendation.
Development of Green Data Centre Opportunity (GDO) Zone Technical Specification funded by Standards Council of Canada. The first standardized methodology for tying AI compute growth to dispatchable, lower-carbon electricity at the point where siting decisions are made.
Our offices

Where to find us.

U.S. headquarters
Plymouth, MI
801 West Ann Arbor Trail
Suite 240
Plymouth, Michigan 48170
Canada headquarters
Toronto, ON
2 St. Clair Ave W
18th Floor
Toronto, ON M4V 1L5
Canada
Newfoundland Production Office
Bloomfield, NL
35 Forest Drive
Bloomfield, NL A0C 1A0
Ontario Production Office
Monetville, ON
5782 Hwy #64
Monetville, ON P0M 2N0
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